Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question

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Subject	Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question
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arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> writes:
>> On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 06:51:06 +0000, Ike Naar wrote:
>> It might be a better idea to keep createStack() and let it not only
>> allocate the memory, but also initialize the members,
>> setting 'head' to NULL and 'tn' to 0.
>> ('head' is now initialized in main(), 'tn' is never initialized, leading
>> to undefined behaviour in the functions that increment or decrement it).
>
> This idea was taught to me as a good coding practice by "The Other Keith" 
> @ http://www.ghoti.net/~kst 

FYI, that web page is out of date.  I just haven't bothered updating it
or my .signature.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
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singly linked list -- HCL interview question arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2017-03-27 16:58 +0000
  Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-03-27 11:08 -0700
    Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-03-27 12:02 -0700
    Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2017-03-28 03:18 +0000
      Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-03-27 22:59 -0700
        Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2017-03-29 04:28 +0000
      Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-03-28 12:56 +0000
    Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2017-03-28 06:51 +0000
      Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question arnuld <sunrise@invalid.address> - 2017-03-29 04:31 +0000
        Re: singly linked list -- HCL interview question Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-03-29 08:46 -0700

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